Obama gets funding pitch

President Obama finished his visit to Los Angeles on Tuesday with a plea from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Council President Eric Garcetti to help the region out with transif funding.
"The last words the president heard was from the mayor and me about the 30/10 plan," Garcetti said. "The president told the mayor, 'You are indefatigable' and promised to look into it."
The 30/10 plan is an effort by Villaraigosa is to get the federal government to gurantee funding for projects contained in the Measure R sales tax. It would provide $40 million over 10 years to speed construction of the projects in the measure.